Door automation and controls in Harwich

The short version

Busy door at your Harwich (CO12) site? Inverter control, induction loops or radar can open it as traffic arrives and close it straight after, with photocells and safety edges watching the opening.

Town: Harwich
Postcode district: CO12
Area: Essex
Survey: Free for new installations

What we fit in Harwich

Manual override. Chain or crank override so doors open during power cuts.
Inverter drives. Soft start and stop with faster opening for high-cycle doors.
Interlocks. Airlocks, door-to-leveller and fire alarm interfaces.
Safety devices. Every automated door gets the detection its risk assessment needs, tested before use.
Manual-to-electric. Hand-operated doors converted to power, with the paperwork a powered door needs.

What this work can involve

Fitting a centre-mounted motor to a roller shutter where a side wall leaves no room at the barrel end.
Adding radar with cross-traffic suppression to a door on a busy aisle so passing trucks do not open it.
Adding traffic lights and warning beacons to a yard door shared by lorries and pedestrians.

Powered door rules that apply in Harwich

Harwich is in England, where powered industrial doors fall under Great Britain's health and safety law. Whoever makes a door powered — including converting a manual door — usually takes on the manufacturer's duties under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008: risk assessment, technical file, conformity marking and a Declaration of Conformity. Once it is in use, the employer or occupier must keep it safe under the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 and PUWER 1998.

Keeping your site running during the work

Electrical work is the part that most often delays a job. If a new or converted door needs a supply, we confirm the motor's requirement at quote stage so your electrician can provide an isolator in the right place before installation day.

Prices for door automation and controls in Harwich

Door automation and controls guide prices
Item	Guide price (ex VAT)
Manual-to-electric conversion	£1,195 – £3,195
Safety upgrade (edges, photocells, light curtain)	£445 – £1,795 per door

Guide prices for supply and installation unless stated, excluding VAT, which is added at the current rate where it applies. Your fixed price is confirmed in writing after a survey, before any work starts.

Door automation and controls in Harwich: your questions

Do you take responsibility for the conformity paperwork in Harwich?

Yes. When we convert a door to power, we carry out the risk assessment, test the door and issue the Declaration of Conformity and user instructions, as the person who has made it a machine.

Do automated doors in Harwich need more maintenance?

Powered doors need their motors, controls and safety devices checked as well as the mechanical parts, so at least an annual service is common practice, more often for busy doors. Servicing visits are chargeable; the survey for an automation job is free.

Can you add interlocks or traffic lights to doors around Essex?

Yes. We fit airlock interlocks, door-to-leveller interlocks, traffic lights and warning beacons to new and existing doors across Essex, subject to compatibility with the control panels already fitted, and replace panels where they cannot accept the extra inputs.

Door automation and controls near Harwich

Harwich is in the CO12 postcode district in Essex. We also cover Felixstowe, Ipswich, Clacton-on-Sea.

Other services in Harwich

More about Door automation and controls · industrial doors in Harwich. Last updated 19 October 2026.